Special Auction - Alex Schauss Thumbnails #2

We are truly honored to be trusted with the purchase and sale of the lifelong thumbnail collection of Alex Schauss (https://www.irocks.com/collect...). As part of our effort to find new homes for his treasures, a number of pieces, including some of the most well-known and famous, were selected for auction. During the Tucson show, approximately 75 specimens will be grouped into 3 auction sets, which will allow everyone, regardless of whether they are attending the show personally, the opportunity to acquire something.

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Dravite Tourmaline
Mwajanga, near Komolo, Simanjiro Dist., Manyara, Tanzania
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $433
Calcite with Copper inclusions
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Alex Schauss
1.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Pargasite on Feldspar
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar Dist., Kyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov., Pakistan
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $189
Calcite on Copper wire
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,615
Chrome Uvite (Tourmaline)
Mogok, Sagaing, Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $365
Iron
Hungtuguns Isi Massif, Yeniseisk, Krasnojarski Krai, Siberia, Russia
Ex. Alex Schauss
3.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Winning Bid: $127
Trilithionite
Toca da Cina mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.2 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $178
Diamond with Pyrope Garnet in Kimberlite
Mir pipe, Mironovo, Siberia, Russia
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.9 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid: $5,605
Monazite-(Ce) (twin)
Joaqim Relicio mine at Buenopolis, Minas Gerais
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $427
Sturmanite
N’Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, Northern Capetown Prov., South Africa
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.6 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $2,049
Chalcanthite
Planet Mine, Planet, Santa Maria Dist., Buckskin Mtns., La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.2 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm
Winning Bid: $580
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Sanda mine, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $1,725
Calcite with Duftite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $589
Microcline var. Amazonite with Smoky Quartz
Best Pocket, Yucca Hill Claim, Lake George, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Richard A. Kosnar, Cal Graeber, Rich Olsen, Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,575
Strontioginorite
Kalinstein, Niedersachswerfen, Thurinigia, Germany
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.4 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm
Winning Bid: $1,075
Arsenic
Akadani mine, Fukui City, Fukui Pref., Chubu Region, Honshu, Japan
Ex. Alex Schauss
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid: $139
Szenicsite
Jardinera #1 mine, Inca de Oro, Chanaral Prov., Atacama Region, Chile
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.3 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $654
Meta-Autunite
Daybreak Mine, Mount Kit Carson, Spokane Co., Washington, USA
Ex. Bart Cannon, Alex Schauss
2.0 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,940
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Lonavala quarry, eastern end of Ghats Range, Maharashtra, India
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $371
Cosalite with Calcite
Kara Oba, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Ex. William W. Pinch, Alex Schauss
3.4 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $398
Silver wires in Calcite
Millichkeit mine, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.0 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Winning Bid: $345
Spessartine
Navegador mine, Conselheino Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.8 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid: $600
Nickelskutterudite with Annebergite
Obershlema, near Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
Ex. Ralph E. Merrill, Alex Schauss
3.0 x 2.9 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid: $295
Antimony
Kalliosalo, Nurmo, Seinajoki, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland
Ex. Alex Schauss
2.5 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm
Winning Bid: $913
Colemanite with Pararealgar
US Borax mine, Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Ex. Willard Perkin, Alex Schauss
2.4 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Winning Bid: $900
Kutnohorite with Calcite
Wessels mine, Hotazel, KMF, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa.
Ex. Paul Botha, Alex Schauss
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,650